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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-CORVALLIS-OR · Corvallis, OR 60,424 pop · income 41st pct · 22 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Corvallis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Corvallis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Grants Pass · lowest
56,877
Grants Pass · lowest
56,877 median HH income
40.5% of the leader · rank #1
Corvallis · this city
63,807
Corvallis · this city
63,807 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #2
Morris · near
63,807
Morris · near
63,807 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #3
Monroe · near
63,807
Monroe · near
63,807 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #4
Hastings · near
63,810
Hastings · near
63,810 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #5
Connell · near
63,810
Connell · near
63,810 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #6
Lake Oswego · highest
140,441
Lake Oswego · highest
140,441 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Corvallis on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 60,424.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Corvallis - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Corvallis lands in the 41st percentile for household income and the 19th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
41st
percentile, household income
84th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
19th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Corvallis, OR
Oregon's Corvallis is a small city, with 60,424 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Corvallis report a median income of $63,807 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.1%. Typical homes in Corvallis are valued around $480,600, and the median resident age is 27.6 years. About 60.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 56.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 83 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 80% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2695.4 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 52.2°F with 41.5 inches of precipitation per year.
Oregon carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Oregon at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,425 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oregon run around $185, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 63.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Corvallis's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to reported crime to schools and households to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Corvallis, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Corvallis?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Springfield (61,642 residents, $67,211 income); Albany (56,773 residents, $73,809 income); Tigard (55,395 residents, $105,008 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Meriden, CT (60,418 residents); Great Falls, MT (60,412 residents); Four Corners, FL (60,443 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Corvallis growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,143 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 83 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
How far does income reach against housing in Corvallis?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can 22 Census tracts reveal inside Corvallis?
PlainCities matches 22 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Corvallis?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2695.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 18% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
2695.4
Violent rate
183.8
Property rate
2511.6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Corvallis?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 13 public schools within the city match. 60.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
10.1%
Bachelor's degree+
60.9%
Matched public schools
13
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 52.2°F, with 41.5 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Oregon is 63.4 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
63.4
Annual precipitation
41.5 in
Mean temperature
52.2°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the journey to work look like in Corvallis?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
57.4%
Work from home
15.6%
Public transit
2.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 29,456 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 10.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Oregon average
D
City profile score · Corvallis, OR
47/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
60.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime C-
184 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income D
$63,807
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Corvallis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.9%
Violent crime: 50/100 (C-) · 184 /100k
Household income: 40/100 (D) · $63,807
Poverty rate: 39/100 (F) · 10.1%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Corvallis sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Corvallis's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Corvallis highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Corvallis, OR (this city): home $480,600, crime 2,695/100k
Meriden, CT : home $221,600, crime 1,817/100k
Great Falls, MT : home $237,400, crime 4,001/100k
Euless, TX : home $294,500, crime 2,293/100k
San Rafael, CA : home $1,246,200, crime 3,015/100k
Vineland, NJ : home $218,200, crime 3,123/100k
Springfield, OR : home $323,800, crime 3,097/100k
Albany, OR : home $352,900, crime 2,027/100k
Tigard, OR : home $585,700, crime 3,781/100k
Lake Oswego, OR : home $894,000, crime 1,166/100k
Grants Pass, OR : home $364,200, crime 3,308/100k
How does Corvallis compare to other US cities?
Here's how Corvallis stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income41% higher than other cities
Home value84% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety19% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Oregon and the picture shifts: Corvallis ranks #56 of 85 Oregon cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Corvallis against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oregon only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oregon-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Corvallis near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Corvallis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Corvallis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#225 of 364
38th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#77 of 366
79th percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#116 of 395
71st percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#24 of 395
94th percentile in Oregon
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oregon only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
41st percentile nationally for median household income · 19th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Corvallis's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Corvallis's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Corvallis's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$480,60016th percentilemore affordable than 16% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Corvallis's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,889 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#677 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 7.5×, Corvallis sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,889 of 15,516 and #677 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$63,807Corvallis, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Corvallis, OR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Corvallis, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
60,424
Median Income
$63,807
Median Home Value
$480,600
Median Age
27.6
Poverty Rate
10.1%
Labor force participation
56.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2695.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
183.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2511.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
52.2°F
Annual Precipitation
41.5"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
13
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Corvallis's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
58,356 residents
2021
57,012 residents
2022
60,689 residents
2023
61,292 residents
2024
61,255 residents
2025
61,499 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
83
housing units authorized
Single-Family
58
detached homes
Multifamily
25
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
416
92
324
$76.9M
2020
71
53
18
$15.6M
2021
155
144
11
$40.4M
2022
227
117
110
$46.9M
2023
343
69
274
$66.6M
2024
83
58
25
$21.5M
Permit volume decreased 80% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
57.4%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
2.8%
Walk
9.9%
Work from Home
15.6%
Other
8.0%
Based on 29,456 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oregon statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $185
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oregon at $185 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Oregon statewide averages, not a meter reading for Corvallis. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oregon's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Corvallis is $1,425/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oregon statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oregon statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Corvallis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Corvallis compares to similar-size Oregon cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.